Garage door mounting



w. J. McEvoY 2,104,430

GARAGE DOOR MOUNTING Filed March 21, 1936 ill 1 i I'd l I Hi I 5 0% INVENTOR.

ATTORNEYS.

Patented Jan. 4,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,104,430 GARAGE DOOR MOUNTING Thisinvention relates Warren J. MacEvoy, Newark, N. Application March 21,1936, Serial No.

8 Claims.

to improvements in door hanging constructions, and more particularly toa means for hanging swinging garage doors.

Private garages are usually constructed with is not uncommon for 5concrete aprons at the entrances thereto, and it such aprons to riseunder the action of frost in the ground beneath the concrete apron.

This action generally occurs in a cold climate and has proven a sourceof ano noyance and inconvemence to owners of garages,

in that the rising of the apron causes the swinging doors to jamb, thuspreventing the doors from vention resides in being fully swung totherefore one of the primary their open position. It is objects of thisinvention to provide a means for swingingly mounting the doors of agarage so they may rise and fall with the concrete apron during changesin climatic conditions, and which assures free swinging movement of thedoors at all times.

Another feature of the invention resides in providing a point of bearingsupport for the door directly upon the concrete apron and in line withthe pivoted axis of the door, whereby the weight of the door upon thehinges is somewhat relieved, and the frictional contact between the doorand the apron is reduced to the minimum.

Another feature of the invention is the provision of a set of hardwarefor garage doors which compensates for movement of the the upward anddownward doors during periodic rising and setting of the concrete apron,and which is inexpensive of construction and easy to apply for use.

With these and other objects in view, the inoombination and sentialfeatures of the details of construction, arrangement of parts, theeswhich are hereinafter fully described, are particularly pointed out inthe appended claims, and panying drawing,

are illustrated in the accomin which: Figure 1 is a fragmentary frontelevational view of a garage illustrating my invention in use upon thedoors thereof, the left door being shown raised above the plane of theright door.

Figure2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view on the line 2- 2 ofFigure 1.

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view line 3-3 of Figure 2.

on the Figure 4 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 4-4 of'Figure2.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of thehardware at the bottom of the rightdoor, the door being shown in dot and dash lines.

Referring to the drawing by reference characters, the letter Adesignates a portion of a garage or like building structure having ajamb B surrounding a door opening therein, while two doors C and D areswingingly supported by the jamb for closing the door opening when thesame are in closed position. A concrete apron E disposed exteriorly ofthe garage leads to the door opening and the floor of the garage isdisposed above the plane of the apron and forms a stop shoulder F forthe bottom of the doors when the latter are closed. Each of the doors Cand D is 10 similarly mounted for swinging movement so that adescription of the mounting of one door will sufiice for the other.

The hardware for the mounting of each door consists of a set andincludes a pair of hinges Ill-Ill attached to the top and bottom of thedoor and J'amb, and a shoe secured to the bottom of the door at theinner corner thereof. The shoe I is made in rights and lefts to fit theright and left doors C and D.

Each hinge l0 comprises a butt |2 having staggered openings therein forthe passage of screws l3. The butt l2 fits against the inner side of thejamb B and is secured thereto by the screws I3. Extending from the frontedge of the butt I2 at the top and bottom thereof are alined ears |4-|4which support the ends of a vertical pintle I5. Pivoted to the pintle I5is a strap l6 having a cylindrical eye I! through which the pintle l5freely extends. The width of the eye I1 is less than that of the pintleI5 to enable upward and downward sliding movement of the strap l6relative to the butt l2, the range of sliding movement being limited bythe spaced eyes |4-|4. The strap l6 fits against the outer side of thedoor and is provided with openings for the passage of fastening bolts18. The height of each door is less than the distance between the apronE and the top of the jamb B to permit of a limited vertical movement ofthe door, while a stop G extends across the top of the jamb againstwhich the top of the door may abut when closed.

The shoe II is constructed of metal and comprises a front flange l9, abottom flange 20, an inner vertical end flange 2|, and a bearing foot22. The bearing foot 22 extends from the inner corner or joinder of theflanges l9 and 2|, and the terminal end of the foot is rounded anddisposed in vertical alinement with the axis of the pintle N5 of thehinges ||l-||l, and extends down ward below the plane of the undersideof the flange 20. The flange 20 is countersunk in the bottom of the doorwith the flange |9 fitting against the outside and the end flange 2|fitting against the inner vertical side thereof. The front 'Patent ofthe United vention, I wish it upright position and guide the same duringits inward and outward swinging movement.

In Figure 1 of the drawing, I have illustrated the left door C as beingraised above the right door D, due to the upheaval ofv the apron E atthe left, or vice versa,

movement thereof. The construction of the hinges l0-l0 permits of the ofa door and permits of the free swinging of the same at all times, forthe bearing foot 22 is in axial alinement with the hinge pintles I 5 asillustrated by the vertical dot and dash line H in Figure 5 of thedrawing.

From the foregoingdescription,itwill be understood that I have provideda set of hardware for of a garage door porting hardware.

Whereas, I have illustrated and described the invention for use upongarage doors, it will be jamming caused by the raising and lowering ofaprons or sills. Furthermore, I do not limit myself to the use ofconcrete aprons, for other paving such as brick,

beneath.

While I have shown and described what I consider to be the preferredembodiment of my into be understood that such changes and alterations inthe construction of Having thus described the invention, what I claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters States, is:

1. In combination corner of the door for resting engagement upon saidapron for supporting the bottom edge of said door clear of said apron.

2. In combination with a door and jamb, an

3. In a building structure having a door opening therein and an apronleading to said door opening, a door, hinge means for swinginglyconnecting said door opening, a door, hinge means for swinginglyconnecting said door to one side wall ofsaid door sponding distance.

6. In a building structure having a door open- With a supportingsurface.

8. In a building structure WARREN J. MACEVOY.

